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Floating Network Licenses

Floating network licenses are supported on heterogeneous networks
of Windows®, Linux®, and Mac OS X computers. Both the license manager
and the COMSOL application can run on either Windows®, Linux®, or
Mac OS X, and a single computer can run both of them.

Operating System Requirements

Windows®

Mac OS X

Linux®

32-bit Operating Systems

Windows® 8 Windows® 7 Windows Server® 2008 Windows Vista®
Windows Server® 2003 with Service Pack 2 or later
Windows XP® with Service Pack 3 or later

*RedHat® Enterprise Linux® 5 is only supported for server, batch, and cluster operation.

OS Specific System Requirements

64-bit Mac OS®

Java® 1.6In Mac OS X® 10.6 Java is included by default.
In Mac OS X® 10.7 and 10.8 you need to download and install Java®.

32-bit Linux®

GNU C Library version 2.3.6 or later
Linux® kernel 2.6.18 or later
Intel® Pentium® IV or AMD Athlon® XP processor or later

64-bit Linux®

GNU C Library version 2.3.6 or later
Linux® kernel 2.6.18 or later
A PC with one of these processors: AMD® with AMD64 or Intel® with EM64T.

Graphics System Requirements

COMSOL® recommends hardware rendering for performance reasons.
Hardware rendering requires drivers that support OpenGL® version
1.4. Windows® users may also use DirectX® version 9 on the local
console. Hardware rendering requires at least 24-bit color
graphics.

Alternatively, software rendering can be used. The Optimize for
Quality setting in graphics preferences requires OpenGL® 2.0.
Software rendering also supports 16 bit color graphics. For
performance reasons, we recommend that the graphics card has at
least 512MB memory.

Card Model

Operating System

Driver Version

Windows®

FirePro™ V3900

Windows® 7

8.911.3.1-120116a-132089E

FirePro™ V4900

Windows® 7

8.85.7.1-110717a-124599C

FirePro™ V5900

Windows® 7

8.85.7.2-110901a1-125182C

FirePro™ V7750

Windows Server® 2008 R2 HPC

8.540.0.0

FirePro™ V7800

Windows® 7

8.85.7.1-110717a-122786C

FirePro™ V7900

Windows® 7

8.83.5.4-110520a-119550C

FirePro™ W5000

Windows® 7

8.982.2

FirePro™ W7000

Windows® 7

8.982.2

Quadro™ FX 3800

Windows Server® 2008 R2

8.17.12.7614

Quadro™ FX 540

Windows® XP 32-Bit

6.14.12.7614

Quadro™ FX 540

Windows® XP 64-Bit

6.14.12.7565

Quadro™ FX 550

Windows Vista® Pro 64 Bit

7.15.10.9746

Quadro™ FX 580

Windows® 7

8.16.11.9175

Mac

GeForce™ GT 120

Mac OS X® 10.6

-

Linux®*

FirePro™ V4800

Ubuntu® 10.04 LTS

8.723.1-10048a-09850C-ATI

Quadro™ FX 1800

Debian® 6.0

195.36.31

The graphics cards listed above have been rigorously tested for
compatibility with COMSOL Multiphysics®. Please note, however,
that other AMD® or NVIDIA® graphics cards may also be compatible
with COMSOL Multiphysics. Graphics cards that belong to the same
model series as one of the cards listed above are more likely to
be compatible with COMSOL Multiphysics.

* For hardware
acceleration on Linux, use proprietary drivers from you graphics card vendor,
such as NVIDIA or AMD, otherwise use COMSOL software rendering. The Nouveau
video driver is only supported for software rendering.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux® 5 and 6All computers in the cluster must use the same Linux version
and should have similar hardware. It is recommended that OpenFabrics
Enterprise Distribution (OFED) 1.4 or higher is installed. If you are
using an RDMA-capable network fabrics a DAPL 1.2 or later version
compliant driver or library is required. The software is usually
provided with your hardware

Internet Protocol Support

Windows®

Mac OS X

Linux®

IPv4

Yes

Yes

Yes

IPv6

Yes

No

Yes

NOTE:This information is provided for your benefit but should not be
used as a substitute for your own investigation of the system
requirements that may be appropriate for your use of COMSOL® software or
other software, given your particular circumstances. Systems and hardware
change regularly, which may impact any determination of what system
requirements are appropriate you.